"American Dream" Costs more than $4.4 Million

Food, healthcare, auto insurance and other baseline necessities aren’t included in Investopedia’s American Dream calculation (LOL)

by Dillon Critique from;

what's the DILL?

(substack)

Thursday October 17 2024

https://www.blackboxpolitics.substack.com

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In the first figure below, the title states; “The American Dream Now Costs $4.4 Million”.

That is a subtle psychological lie, because the authors in their article turn right around and admit the following:

While this may seem like a more favorable comparison, the $4.4 million represents the cost of aspects associated with the American Dream, which is only part of the overall cost of living. Other important costs to consider would include food, healthcare, auto insurance and other baseline necessities that aren’t included in Investopedia’s American Dream calculation.

Source:

The American Dream Now Costs $4.4 Million (investopedia.com)

I’m pretty sure “food”, “Healthcare” and “Baseline Necessities” are a part of the “American dream” and survival in general. Food, healthcare and baseline necessities should be included.

It’s not included because, if the general public knew the full truth and where this leads/already is, everybody would shit their pants as pandemonium and chaos ensues.

Like a “Run on the banks” and people rushing to spending their dollars as fast as possible to buy up the goods they can, while their currency is still worth something.

That is Hyperinflationary.

The only difference between Inflation and Hyperinflation is; the velocity or speed at which inflation occurs (i.e. the rate of speed with which currency is ‘exchanging hands’ in the real economy; virtually or physically).

This speed or velocity is represented by M2 Velocity from the Federal Reserve Education Department seen below; which has skyrocketed from a literal US Historic all time low.

What this means is exactly what I have previously stated in many of my past articles. That, “We began the first wave of Hyperinflation in 2020”.

That is also when;

https://techstartups.com/2021/12/18/80-us-dollars-existence-printed-january-2020-october-2021/

The system is doing everything in its’ power to lie, deceive and keep the public from the truth to maintain order, control and ensure a “smooth” transition to the new, ‘Central Bank Digital Currency Crypto Slavery Surveillance system economy’.

The authors of the article admit:

The aim of the piece is to quantify the cost of dreaming, rather than the cost of living.  As a result, the items chosen and costs associated with the ‘American Dream’ piece do not reflect the spending habits of most Americans nor the cost of living in the United States. Importantly, these items do not include basic necessities such as food and healthcare.

That’s the long way of saying; ‘Everything we did in this article is essentially irrelevant and meaningless because it is based on dreaming and not the actual cost of living:

The aim of the piece is to quantify the cost of dreaming, rather than the cost of living…

Nobody should be using “Data from Dreaming” to make financial decisions over the “actual cost living”, which is what actually matters and means something.

Now you can see why this bs was picked up and regurgitated by all the propaganda outlets…Its bs and serves their purpose and intentions.

So, when factored in (Food, Healthcare, Baseline Necessities); the “American Dream” does not now cost $4.4 million.

It costs more…

Which is why I fixed/changed the headline for Investopedia from; “The American Dream Now Costs $4.4 million” to, “The American Dream Now Costs MORE than $4.4 million”.

This is the subtle psychological manipulation of making things seem ‘less worse’ than they are while also admitting it’s somewhat of a “fluff piece” or a “white wash”.

'Telling the truth’ without actually telling it. They are telling you how bad things are while admitting it isn’t the full story.

Hoping you forget later on, gloss over it or never even see this subtle psychological lie/manipulation at all to begin with; as it is carefully crafted.

The dream is to start saving for retirement during your first job after college and to continue saving from the ages of 22 to 65, and to have approximately $1.6 million in retirement savings to withdraw 4% each year (adjusting for 2.5% annual inflation) for 20 years. 

Source:

Investopedia; By Hiranmayi Srinivasan & Amanda Morelli

Published September 04, 2024

The American Dream Now Costs $4.4 Million (investopedia.com)

4%, really? Just 4.4 million, really?

It is obviously a Blatant lie/misinformation/propaganda.

Why?

Because all of the ‘Mainstream Media Propaganda outlets’ have picked this bs up and are regurgitating this bs to everybody els. Government stamped approved.

Outlets like MSN, USA TODAY, FORBES, YAHOO NEWS, AOL, & Fox 11 Video Below:

Again, that means the situation is much worse than what they are willing to report on and the narrative has been pre-approved by the deep state propaganda apparatus to shove down the throats of us, the public.

The question is, why trust or listen to anyone regurgitating Government fabricated numbers as if they are relevant and real, when they clearly and obviously do not line up with realty?

If someone is using Government numbers just to show how bad things are WITH the fake government data (lies), that is one thing.

However, to utilize these fudged stats or pass them off as actual statistics and use them for actual deep rooted analysis, is a joke at best.

Do any of the following charts from the past alone; not taking in an account of the future, look like 4% is going to cut it annually…

These individuals are setting people up for absolute destruction and annihilation. I'm not sure what these folks are smoking on.

I assume some of you are probably tired of hearing and seeing the following. However, it bears continuous repeating;

McDonalds prices alone have risen 141% in the last five years and the authors state you'll only need:

$1.6 million in retirement savings to withdraw 4% each year (adjusting for 2.5% annual inflation) for 20 years. 

Even though the dollar already has negative purchasing power and is still accepted as a form of payment (for now), don't worry, you'll only need “4%” annually and you're good…

Homes in 1952 on average sold for $7,000-$9,000.

Average homes in 2024 go for $400,000 - $500,000…

$8,000 for a home in 1952 vs $500,000 for a home in 2024, is a 6,150% increase.

Has anyone's (aside from insiders/club members) wages gone up 6,150% since 1952?

Here ye the math:

Calculate percentage change
from Starting Value = 8000
to Final Value = 500000

Lottery tickets alone set to increase by 150% in 2025

In one year alone (2023 - 2024), the “American Dream Cost” Rose by $1 million.

The United States has been in a Recession since 2007-2008 that was papered over by QE & artificially low interest rates. A Hyperinflationary Depression since 2020. Hence why 80% of all US dollars to ever exist were created in just one year and did nothing to "stimulate growth". The USD purchasing power is negative. Americans rely on credit cards to LITERALLY SURVIVE. Fast food is considered a luxury for the majority of households. People are cutting back further on food purchases to afford electricity. Food banks across America are running out of food as record demand increases.

Yet stocks continue reaching new all time highs. Venezuela had the best performing stock market in the world for years as dead bodies litered the streets due to starvation, along with worthless currency. As Venezuela and their currency  collpased, the stock market reached new all time highs one after another. Unfortunately while that was happening, 99% of the population couldn't even afford toilet paper. Infact, its easier to use the wad of worthless currency as toilet paper because it takes more fiat paper currency to buy less toilet paper. 

Don’t believe me, watch this 15 second Hyperinflation video from Venezuela:

All fiat will be reduced to this and replaced by World Government Digital Currency.

• 1971:

  • Debt: $398 billion

  • GDP: $1.1 trillion

  • Debt-to-GDP Ratio: approximately 36.2%

• 2019:

  • Debt: $16 trillion

  • GDP: $21.4 trillion

  • Debt-to-GDP Ratio: approximately 74.8%

• 2024 (current estimate):

  • Debt: $36 trillion

  • GDP: $27 trillion

  • Debt-to-GDP Ratio: approximately 133.3%

The US debt to GDP ration follows that of every other country’s currency that has Hyperinflated.

This is what prices use to be just in 1952 alone. Not even going back to before 1913; before the Federal Reserve began devaluing the dollar and things were even cheaper.

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By Dillon Critique From;

what's the DILL?

(substack)